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NGC3872
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:45:48.9
Declination: +13:46:0
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, S, R, smbM *
Sub-type: E5
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3872
17.5" (1/23/88): fairly bright, fairly small, round, sharply concentrated with a very small bright core. Located 1¡ SW of Denebola = Beta Leonis (V = 2.1).